Hair curler



o. L. SMITH HAIR CURLER Filed March 22 1923 Q ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 28, 1923.,

iaeazsr OSCAR L. SIVIITH, OFEYDAL, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB TO PENN RIVET CORPORA TIDN, .OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA. t

15mmv CURLER.

Application filed March 22,1925, Serial no. 626,943.

T cl? 107mm,: it man concern.

Be it known that I, OSCAR L. SMITH, a citizen of the Unitedvstates, "residing at Rydal, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Hair Curlers, of whichth'e following descriptiom in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawingsv representing like parts, I

This invention relates-to improvements in haircurlers for curling or wavin'g hair, and more particularly has reference to hair curlers of the type comprising two arms and formed or" asingle piece of metal with a locking device tor holding the freeends of the two ai'ms'in closed position when the hair has been wound upon'one of the arms. One of the objections heretofore experienced in hair curlers of .thistype has been that the arm on whichthe' hair was wound has been usually tormed'o't fiat metal, or at leastotmetal having well-pronounced or sharp edge portions which are calculated to cut or injure the hair whenit iswound thereon and the two members of the curler are brought into lockingposition. On the other hand, it is desirable to have at least one member or the curler formed of flat metal in order to get a broad locking bearingot the arm uponithe mass of hair wound upon the other arm. it

One of the objects of the present invention, therefore, is to provide a hair curler of the general type referred to, wherein the hair receiving portion of the curler shall be formed of a stiff or substantially unyielding rod of rounded contour in crosssection on which the hair may be wound, and a fiat and flexible member for holding the hair properly wound upon the rounded stifl' rod.

The curler ofthe present invention, therefore, consists of a single piece of metal, comprising a stilt rod of rounded contour on which the hair may be wound,.a flat flexible member, and in which also the metal of the stiff rod is flattened at one end to form a spring loop connecting one end of the arms. In thus forming the curler, the flattened metal of the hair receiving stiff rod also provides a shoulder adjacent one end of the rod which acts as a stop to prevent the hair from bodily movement longitudinally of the stiff rod towards the spring loop. a

:The various features of the invention will best be made clear from the following do; scription and accompanying drawings, wherein:

. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hair curler embodying features of the present in vention; a

Fig. 2is atop or plan view showing more particularlytheflattened and widened portion ofmetal extending from the rod' and merging into the flat metal of the flexible 7 v p 7 Fig. 3 is a view showing the hair wound upon the curler'and the free ends of the curler arms brought 'into interlocking engagement; l

Fig. 4 is an illustration of the blank form 4 from which the hair curler is formed' Inaccordance with the present inventir the hair curler is formed of a single piece of metal comprising'a hair receiving portion orstiff rod 1 and a flat flexible arm or portion 2 which is connected to the rod 1 by a spring loop'3. V

The halr recelvingrod 1 is rounded in cross-section soas to present no edge porctions whatsoever which might becalculated to cut or injure the hair Wound upon the rod. Preferably the hair receiving rod 1 is formed of circular cross-section butot' course it might be elliptical without. dep ar ting from the purpose of thepresent invention. ceiving rod l'is stiff, that is, in its intended use, and even when hair is wound upon the rod and the flexible arm is clamped to hold the hair upon the rod, there is no substan-- V tial give or flexure of the hair receiving rod.

As hereinbefore noted, the'hair receiving rod is integrally formed with theflexible arm 2 which isfiat and preferably wider than the diameter of the hair receiving rod 1, as indicated in Fig. 2. v

The metal of the hair receiving rod 1 ,is

flattened at one end, as indicated at 4, and

As hereinbefore stated, the hair reportions 5 serve'to limit the. bodily move ment of the hairlongitudinally of the hair receiving rod in one direction, and of course when the two members of the hair curler are locked together as will presently be described, bodily movement of the hair on the hair receiving rod in the opposite direction will be prevented. I

The flat flexible member 2 is provided with a locking end 6 which is preferably formed by a down-turned portion at the free end of the arm :2, which has a recess 4' of .an appropriate size to engage the rounded end portion 8 of the stiffer receiving rod l-when the free end portions of the rod and arm 2 are brought intoflocking engagement, as indicated in Fig.

in accordance with the present invention, the hair curler'may be variously formed to embody the essential characteristicsv thereof,

but" in the present instance the hair curler is made froma blank, as indicated in Fig.

i, in which one portion of the blank is "formed as a rod, preferably round orloval in cross-section, and the other portion oi" the blank is, stormed as a flat and widened portion, the two being joined by the inclined connecting metal portion. The rounded rod portion'of the blank constitutes the hair receiving rod 1 when the curler is finally completed, while the wider flattened por 4-, to constitute the portion at which gra yielding without abrupt edge portions, hair 7 even oi the finest texture, may be wound thereon Without injury thereto, and the flattened metal at one end of the rod provides not only a substantial and reliable spring loop portion when the parts of the blank are bent into shape, but afi'ords a stop .or shoulder to prevent movement of of the rod.

What isclaimed is:

1. A hair curler formed of a of spring metal and comprising a 'fiat flexible arm and a solid stifit' hair receiving rod of roundedcontour in cross-seetion'and presenting no edges liable tobreak or injure V the hair wound thereon, the metal of the hair receiving rod being flattened and widened beyond the diametrical diniensionof the red at one endandmerging into the iiatjfiexible arm to form wvidened stop shoulder for limiting the'movement of the hair longitudinally of the stiff rod and a spring loop connecting the flexible arm and stiff rod, and a lock for connecting the free ends of the fiexiblearm and .stiii rod.

2. A" hair curler formed of a single piece of spring metal and comprising a flat fiexr ible arm and a stiff hair receiving rod substantially round and solid infcross-section and presenting no edge liable "to injurethe hair wound thereon, the metal at one end of the hair receiving rod being flattened and expended laterally into "a part wider than the diameter of the rod 'to form' a spring'loop and hair stop between the stiff rod and flat flexible arm, and a locking; recess. formed on the free end ofth'e' fiat the hair bodily in a directionlongitudinally j single piece flexible arm to receive and protectthe endf of the stillened rod. 1

In testimony whereof, I have signed'iny name to this specification.

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